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COVID updates: WA Premier says border decision right call for the state — As it happened

WA Premier Mark McGowan acknowledges his decision to keep WA's borders shut "upsets some people", but says it's the right call.

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Morning mail: Omicron wave ‘peaks’, bluebottle armada, Australia’s best tap water

Friday: New South Wales and Victoria may have reached the peak of the Omicron outbreak, according to some experts. Plus: the town with the best tasting tap water

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Vital Signs: disclosure please, we shouldn't be playing bingo with COVID statistics

Given how much COVID-19 is dominating Australians’ lives, our governments should be telling us everything they know about infections, hospitalisations and deaths. So why aren’t they?

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Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison’s ministerial team looks far from match-fit

It sounded a touch desperate – Prime Minister Scott Morrison imploring backpackers to “come on down” to Australia, as the Omicron crisis escalated. “Enjoy

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Infant dies as NSW virus toll hits 1000

NSW health authorities have confirmed the death last month of an infant with COVID-19, as the state reports 46 deaths but another fall in hospitalisations.

AAP

Top drop: NSW’s Richmond valley takes out best tap water in Australia title

Council plant faced ‘a lot of challenges’ to beat five other state entrants on qualities including clarity, smell, taste and ‘feeling in the mouth’

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Omicron wave has likely peaked in NSW and Victoria, some experts say

Scientists say hardest-hit states are ‘probably through the worst’ as cases are ‘levelling off’

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Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison's ministerial team looks far from match-fit

It sounded a touch desperate – Prime Minister Scott Morrison imploring backpackers to “come on down” to Australia, as the Omicron crisis escalated.

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NSW man charged with rape of 15yo girl

A NSW man has faced court charged with detaining and raping a 15-year-old girl in his care.

AAP

NSW by-elections to be held within weeks

By-elections in Bega, Willoughby, Monaro and Strathfield will be held on February 12, with voters unable to vote online because of technological problems.

AAP

Top regional cop Mick Willing leaves NSW Police force

Mick Willing, the deputy commissioner of police who oversaw operations in regional NSW, has left the force.

Newcastle Herald

Scott Morrison proposal to allow under-18s to drive forklifts catches states by surprise

Victoria, NSW and Queensland say there are no plans to lower age, which PM had said was among proposals to ease supply chain workforce shortages

The Guardian - AU

Three Lake Macquarie men die with COVID-19

Three Lake Macquarie men were among the 25 people with COVID-19 to die across NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday.

Newcastle Herald

Woman, 40, released by police after officers find dead baby in freezer in southern NSW

Police release a woman, 40, after finding a dead baby in a freezer at a home in Corowa, in southern NSW, late last night.

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NSW reports 25 COVID-19 deaths, hospital admissions fall

NSW records 25 more COVID-19 deaths and a drop in the number of people in hospital as Premier Dominic Perrottet presents his back-to-school plan to national cabinet today.

AAP

Charlise mourned after Blue Mtns death

The NSW premier says he felt sick hearing the news of nine-year-old Charlise Mutten's death, as the community mourned at a candlelight vigil.

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Albanese stakes out Coalition seats in Queensland as Morrison zeroes in on NSW ahead of election

Guardian Australia analysis of leaders’ visits since early December shows Labor focused on clawing back ground in northern seats

The Guardian - AU

60 Covid deaths nationally as PM says rapid antigen tests not being stockpiled – as it happened

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Vigil held at Charlise Mutten's school as murder probe continues in Sydney

About 100 people gather to grieve at Charlise Mutten's primary school, near the NSW-Queensland border, as a murder investigation continues after the nine-year-old's body was found in a barrel earlier this week.

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National cabinet to discuss COVID safe return to school, with planning underway to deal with staff shortages

National cabinet will meet today to finalise a COVID safety plan for schools, as corporate staff in the New South Wales education department are told they could be required to teach classes if there is a teacher shortage.

AAP

NSW won't consider COVID-19 'code brown'

The NSW premier has resisted calling for an emergency response to ease pressure on hospitals as COVID-19 patient numbers drop for the first time in five weeks.

Newcastle Herald

Concern Newcastle Supercars round will be a 'super-spreader' event

The council is set to ask the NSW government to review the health risks of the event.

ABC News

NSW parents unhappy return to school could require regular COVID testing

With national cabinet set to decide on a back-to-school plan, parents in New South Wales hope they reject the idea to rapid test students twice a week for COVID.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter students overcome COVID-19 disruption to top state in six subjects

HUNTER students have overcome two years of COVID-19 disruption to their studies to excel and top NSW in six Higher School Certificate subjects - the region's...

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Skewed COVID data creating false sense of security in regional NSW, Labor says

One of the largest health services in regional NSW has conceded data showing it has a 100 per cent COVID vaccination rate is not correct.

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